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Idris Adams

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PhD student in the Sumner Lab at UCL CBER, Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment RES Student Representative Lover of all things Hymenoptera!

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Idris Adams @idrisadams.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
The third episode of #ConservationConversations is live! @lucyholland.bsky.social and I had a great conversation with @chris-sandom.bsky.social about all things #rewilding, including whether it is always the right approach, and how to train up citizens as paraecologists. Listen here: bit.ly/4zpU9Jl
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Professor Chris Sandom on Rewilding
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Seirian Sumner @waspwoman.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Outreach day @ucllifesciences.bsky.social #ScienceFair. Wasp nests, wasp paper art, wasp #VR! With @cintiaoi.bsky.social @femi-benny.bsky.social @idrisadams.bsky.social, Alex Cequeira D’Araujo, Louisa Stefani, Peter Ayres & #DatascapesRealities @uclcber.bsky.social @uclgrantmuseum.bsky.social
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Idris Adams @idrisadams.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Episode 2 of #ConservationConversations is out now! 🍃 @lucyholland.bsky.social and I had the pleasure of speaking to @waspwoman.bsky.social about all things wasps 🐝, sci comm 📢, #SoapboxScience and much more for the @britishecologicalsociety.org Conservation Ecology SIG. Listen now: bit.ly/4vbehN1
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Idris Adams @idrisadams.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Very proud to contributed to this, and so excited to hear that #WorldOfWasps has been nominated for an award!
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Tannis Davidson @tannisdavidson.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
We are so pleased that World of Wasps has made the shortlist! A huge interdisciplinary team effort with @waspwoman.bsky.social @cintiaoi.bsky.social @idrisadams.bsky.social from @uclcber.bsky.social, Datascape Realities, @leaveylab.bsky.social @eloygl.bsky.social from @ucl-c4ia.bsky.social!
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Royal Entomological Society @royentsoc.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
📢 Registration Deadline tomorrow! Don't miss out! Join us for #EntoFashion Day at the #StudentForum! Whether subtle or spectacular, show off your ento-inspired style - creativity encouraged, glitter optional ✨🐞 Deadline: 17:00 (GMT) 13 March 🔗 buff.ly/qIT1TCs #SF26
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Prizes for Best Dressed!
Wear your finest insect-themed attire and join us for #EntoFashion Day
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Idris Adams @idrisadams.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Excited to share that @lucyholland.bsky.social and I are hosting the revamped @britishecologicalsociety.org Conservation Ecology SIG podcast! 🌱 For our first episode in #ConservationConversations we interviewed Professor Helen Roy, covering all things ladybirds and more! Listen here: bit.ly/4sxf6xz
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Idris Adams @idrisadams.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Abstract submissions and registration are now open for the @royentsoc.bsky.social #StudentForum2026! We'll be at @newcastleuni.bsky.social from 30-31 March - all undergrads and postgrads studying insects should consider attending! www.royensoc.co.uk/event/studen...
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Student Forum 2026 - Royal Entomological Society
Student Forum 2026 Monday 30 – Tuesday 31 March, 10:00 – 17:00Newcastle University We are delighted to announce details for our 2026 Student Forum! This annual two-day event run by the Royal Entomolog...
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Idris Adams @idrisadams.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
#Wasps at the #darts! Very happy to do a short interview with @talksport.com yesterday about the 'Ally Pally wasp'. However, much like the poor wasps I was a bit dopey yesterday and mistakenly said that virgin queens overwinter... queens actually mate before the end of the season! bit.ly/4pR1vQS
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Wasp expert explains why there are so many at Alexandra Palace
The question on every darts fan’s lips watching the World Championship has been: Why on earth are there so many wasps at Alexandra Palace? Well, we can finally bring you the answer you’…
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Idris Adams @idrisadams.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
A real honour and a pleasure to be invited to speak to the public at @uclgrantmuseum.bsky.social twice this month in collaboration with the #WorldOfWasps exhibition. Still on until the end of January, make sure to visit!
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Seirian Sumner @waspwoman.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
@idrisadams.bsky.social's 1st wasp paper! Although written for & reviewed by kids, it's good for wasp-wary adults too! And a perfect companion for a visit to the @uclgrantmuseum.bsky.social #WorldOfWasps free exhibition www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-coll... @uclcber.bsky.social @uclnews.bsky.social
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World of Wasps
Visit the Grant Museum's new exhibition for visitors of all ages and experience the hidden, intimate world of wasps like never before! Based on UCL research, "World of Wasps" brings together cutting-e...
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Idris Adams @idrisadams.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
My first wasp publication is out! @waspwoman.bsky.social and I have written a piece highlighting why wasps are so cool in Frontiers for Young Minds... perfect for children but equally as fascinating for all ages!
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The Wonderful World of Wasps
When you hear the word “wasp”, you probably imagine a stripey yellow-and-black insect that you see flying about at your summer picnic. You would be right! But there is much more to wasps than you thin...
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Idris Adams @idrisadams.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Submit your research or join to make the most of the networking opportunities at this great @royentsoc.bsky.social event!
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Seirian Sumner @waspwoman.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
When a world-class zoology museum says: "We'd like to make an exhibition all about wasps; will you help us?" you have to pinch yourself to know it's real! #WorldOfWasps @uclgrantmuseum.bsky.social www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-coll... @uclcber.bsky.social @cintiaoi.bsky.social @idrisadams.bsky.social
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Interview: UCL’s wasp experts talk about the research behind the Grant Museum’s latest exhibition
Researchers from the Sumner Lab talk about how their research informed the Grant Museum of Zoology’s latest virtual reality exhibition, World of Wasps.
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Tannis Davidson @tannisdavidson.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
It has been an enormous pleasure to work with @uclcber.bsky.social wasp dream team @waspwoman.bsky.social @cintiaoi.bsky.social and @idrisadams.bsky.social to highlight their amazing research in this world first exhibition on #wasps!
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Cintia A. Oi @cintiaoi.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
Check out our interview to UCL!! @idrisadams.bsky.social @waspwoman.bsky.social
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Idris Adams @idrisadams.bsky.social · 03/08/2025
Nice article by @willwiles.bsky.social in @apollo-magazine.com on the #WorldOfWasps! Be sure to visit @uclgrantmuseum.bsky.social! apollo-magazine.com/wasps-nests-...
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If we liked wasps more, we could learn from them
Wasps have a terrible image problem but, after seeing an exhibition that highlights their design abilities, Will Wiles thinks we could learn from them
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Seirian Sumner @waspwoman.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
Starring @idrisadams.bsky.social, on BBC Breakfast - PhD student @londonnercdtp.bsky.social @uclcber.bsky.social We are so proud of you Idris - a media natural spreading the #WaspLove! @ucllifesciences.bsky.social @uclnews.bsky.social
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UCL Faculty of Life Sciences @ucllifesciences.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
Wasps on BBC Breakfast 🐝 Our expert joined BBC Breakfast to talk all things wasps - why they're essential, misunderstood, and worth celebrating. Discover the Grant Museum’s fascinating new exhibition on wasp diversity. 🔗 www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-coll... #UCL #GrantMuseum #BBCBreakfast #Wasps
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Seirian Sumner @waspwoman.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
It's a bumper-wasp year: here are my top tips on how to dine alongside wasps, without getting stung. GET INVOLVED! Tell us what wasps want at YOUR picnic: www.sumnerlab.co.uk/wasp-picnic-... theconversation.com/what-to-do-w... @uclcber.bsky.social @uclnews.bsky.social @uk.theconversation.com
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What to do when wasps crash your picnic – a scientist’s guide to dining safely with these insects
Did you know wasps switch from ham to jam foraging during the late summer?
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Seirian Sumner @waspwoman.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
Super proud of my PhD student, @idrisadams.bsky.social who 100% rocked #WaspLove messaging on #BBCBreakfast yesterday! 🥳🥳 Look out for more wasp media from Idris, as wasps flourish in our #climate-change driven hot summer! @uclcber.bsky.social @ucllifesciences.bsky.social @uclnews.bsky.social
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Idris Adams @idrisadams.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
Have had a very exciting and unexpected start to this week, travelling to Salford for an interview with BBC Breakfast talking all things #wasps! Many thanks to @waspwoman.bsky.social for trusting me with this opportunity, and the fantastic #WorldOfWasps at @uclgrantmuseum.bsky.social for the props!
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Idris Adams @idrisadams.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Very happy to be part of this and can't wait to visit! #WorldOfWasps
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Tannis Davidson @tannisdavidson.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
World of Wasps @uclgrantmuseum.bsky.social is open! Over a year in the making by this incredible team, the exhibition features displays, virtual reality, projections and paper sculptures drawing upon @uclcber.bsky.social research @waspwoman.bsky.social @cintiaoi.bsky.social @idrisadams.bsky.social
A rewilded Grant Museum of Zoology with wildflowers and wasps. Still image from VR experience created by Datascape Realities. World of Wasps exhibition dream team pictured in front of paper nest sculptures by Peter Ayres. Lourenco Viveiros, Sylvia Kluczewski, George Paris, Tannis Davidson, John Zhang, Hannah Cornish, Peter Ayres, Seirian Sumner, Cintia Oi.
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Idris Adams @idrisadams.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
Did you know that wasps purr? Or that they wag their bodies and tap their antennae to communicate? Find out more about these fascinating animals and discover the delightfully relatable social goings-on inside our virtual nest in ‘World of Wasps’. www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-coll... #GMZWasps
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Take a wasp’s eye journey through a rewilded Grant Museum in a new VR exhibition
Visitors are invited to enter a scientifically accurate virtual nest and experience the hidden, intimate world of wasps in a new virtual reality exhibition at the Grant Museum of Zoology.
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uclcber.bsky.social @uclcber.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
This Monday, another of our CBERians, @idrisadams.bsky.social shared a sneak peek of his fascinating PhD work on the evolution of solitary wasps 🧠🐝. He walked us through the evolutionary traits and behaviours that make these insects so unique. A big thank you for such a insightful talk!
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Idris Adams @idrisadams.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
Looking forward to reading @robinince.bsky.social new book after his wonderful talk today in St Albans. Highly recommend catching him on tour if you can!
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Idris Adams @idrisadams.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Very uplifting to be part of #BringScienceToPolitics in Parliament Square this morning. Thank you to @tristramwyatt.bsky.social for spreading the word! @sciencetopolitics.bsky.social 📸 Denise Laura Baker
Group photo of scientists demonstrating in Parliament Square
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Idris Adams @idrisadams.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Support #ConservationScience this April and help @royentsoc.bsky.social to ensure the best possible future for the endangered #LargeBlue butterfly. Every £1 donated will be doubled by the #BigGive. Read more and donate to the cause 🔽 donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
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Help secure a future for the Large blue butterfly – Big Give
The Large blue was declared nationally extinct in 1979. Thanks to the unique expertise of our conservation science team we …
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Royal Entomological Society @royentsoc.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Huge thanks to our terrific student reps - @bensjhawthorne.bsky.social, @idrisadams.bsky.social and Vera Kaunath - for organising another great RES Student Forum #SF25 🦋 Read more about our student reps 🔽
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Student Representatives - Royal Entomological Society
The Student Representatives organise the annual Student Forum with RES staff, provide updates to the Society’s Meetings Committee, act as a voice for students within any consultations of the…
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Elli Leadbeater @ellileadbeater.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Do you know of a researcher working in the field of zoology and/or conservation who you think has made an outstanding contribution that deserves recognition? Nominations are due on Feb 25th for the ZSL awards program, which spans all career levels from UG onwards www.zsl.org/about-zsl/aw...
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Awards | ZSL
ZSL's programme of science and conservation awards recognises outstanding contributions
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Seirian Sumner @waspwoman.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Waspy people - welcome to BSKY! The list of wasp people to follow is growing! Let me know if you want to be added! Recommend feeds to add too! #WaspLove go.bsky.app/3u5XkrS
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